Maritime · Evidence-led place record

No. 5 Hopper Barge

1 nautical mile due south of the Zanoni wreck site

No. 5 Hopper Barge was a built in 1911 and lost on 17/04/1984. Scuttled as an artificial reef as an alternative site to Zanoni.

CategorySHIPWRECK
Location1 nautical mile due south of the Zanoni wreck site
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1984
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceSteel; Scuttled as an artificial reef as an alternative site to Zanoni.

The oddity, explained

Why is No. 5 Hopper Barge unusual?

No. 5 Hopper Barge appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as No. 5 Hopper Barge was a built in 1911 and lost on 17/04/1984. Scuttled as an artificial reef as an alternative site to Zanoni. Heritage Atlas treats that specific classification-and-description combination as the oddity; the score is a comparative discovery signal, not proof of mystery or the supernatural.

Evidence and further exploration

The coordinate, category and description remain tied to the cited source. Comparative oddness helps discovery; it does not add facts that the source does not provide.

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